The making of Ming the Merciless
Wednesday, 30 June 2010 Key posts, Political figures, State of the parties 22 comments
While the faction brokers may have got rid of their number one enemy, things are not back as they were.
Fraser: The right goes all mushy
Thursday, 27 May 2010 Political figures 19 comments
The problem for Fraser is not that the Liberals are moving to the right as such but that there is no real basis for them doing so.
Gillard: media darling (sort of)
Thursday, 13 May 2010 Political figures 17 comments
The media have been talking about Gillard taking over the leadership as though it would sort out Labor’s electoral problems. Of course, there has not been a single poll that backs that view.
Turnbull dumps the political class
Friday, 9 April 2010 Political figures 8 comments
Turnbull’s problem, as far as the Liberals were concerned, is that he didn’t seem particularly interested in the question, but merely winning an election.
Unravelling Tony Abbott
Wednesday, 17 March 2010 Political figures 8 comments
Like One Nation, Abbott’s accession to the leadership is being confused with another phenomenon – the revival of the right.
Barnaby’s game
Friday, 12 February 2010 Political figures, Tactics 7 comments
Joyce’s act is to portray himself as a rube who, through some stroke of luck, has popped up in the sophisticated Finance portfolio, but being the honest and simple guy he is, still can’t help saying what he really thinks.
Is Turnbull a politician? – an update
Wednesday, 10 February 2010 Political figures 4 comments
It is the potential detachment of Abbott’s Liberals from big business interests that allows Turnbull a possible way back in.
Self absorbed, and deluded
Monday, 14 December 2009 Political figures, Tactics 10 comments
This is all about making the Liberals feel good, not the government feel bad.
Once more, with feeling
Wednesday, 2 December 2009 Political figures, Tactics 20 comments
Abbott is clinging to a past political tradition that died in 2007.
Damaged
Monday, 30 November 2009 Political figures 8 comments
As Gillard showed with her mocking of him yesterday, Hockey would provide the easiest target for the government yet.
